Editorial Appointment for Virtual Engineering Centre Researcher

Dr Gasser Abdelal, Research Associate at the Virtual Engineering Centre, part of the School of Engineering, has been appointed to the Editorial Board of the ASP-International Journal of Aerospace Sciences.

The international journal publishes papers and reviews articles related to all fields of aerospace research.

Gasser is a member of AIAA and he is actively engaged in the following research areas:

• Manufacturing simulation of metallic structures using Implicit/Explicit finite element.
• Nonlinear dynamic response of structures.
• MultiScale finite element modelling of composite materials in design and manufacturing.

He recently presented at the AES 2011 conference in Milan.

Dr Gasser Abdelal, presenting at the Virtual Engineering Centre inaugural workshop October 2011

Notes to editors:

The Virtual Engineering Centre is a leading centre for world class virtual engineering technologies and a focal point for industry communities in this sector.

The Virtual Engineering Centre is a University of Liverpool initiative in partnership with the Northwest Aerospace Alliance, the Science and Technologies Facilities Council, BAE Systems, Morsons Projects and Airbus.

The University of Liverpool is a member of the Russell Group of leading research-intensive institutions in the UK.

Located at the Daresbury Laboratory of the Science and Technology Facilities Council, the Virtual Engineering Centre is partially funded by the Northwest Development Agency (NWDA) and European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).

The Virtual Engineering Centre is committed to advancing the use of Virtual Engineering techniques and advanced modelling and simulation to enable business growth and competitiveness.

For more information about the Virtual Engineering Centre, please contact Lynn Dwyer on 01925 864853 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

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The Virtual Engineering Centre is a University of Liverpool project partially funded by NWDA and ERDF located at the Daresbury Laboratory of the Science and Technology Facilities Council